{"id":21837,"date":"2011-08-02T11:30:36","date_gmt":"2011-08-02T17:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/02\/unblogged-bits-tue-2-aug-11-1130.html"},"modified":"2011-08-02T11:30:36","modified_gmt":"2011-08-02T17:30:36","slug":"unblogged-bits-tue-2-aug-11-1130","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/02\/unblogged-bits-tue-2-aug-11-1130.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Tue.  2-Aug-11 1130)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230;. <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/Oe2YqghNTak\/mom-fined-500-for-saving-woodpecker.html\">Mom Fined $535 After Daughter Saves Woodpecker<\/a> &#8211; Yet more Zero Tolerance stupidity.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/WmSm9QJr5eg\/\">GOP To FAA: Drop Dead<\/a> &#8211; Dolts.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/5lPnPfW1K7s\/\">Christmas decoration: admin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/snTuR_220fY\/\">Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Prohibit Pharmacists From Refusing To Fill Birth  Control For Religious Or Moral Reasons<\/a> &#8211; An excellent idea that stands no chance of being made law. Not because (I suspect) every congresscritter involved doesn&#8217;t use, or have a mate that uses, contraception, but because it would be politically inconvenient, particularly for the GOP.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/--uQPPB6PrA\/\">Mitch McConnell Vows To Hold Debt Ceiling Hostage In The Future: \u2018We\u2019ll Be  Doing It All Over\u2019<\/a> &#8211; Well, when the terrorists win, it doesn&#8217;t usually mean they change tactics.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/7cdXlg4dey8\/\">VIDEO: GOP Presidential Campaign Town Halls Become Lobbyist Theater As Oil  Industry Front Group Plants Questions<\/a> &#8211; Lovely.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/M8KeiVv8wpM\/pants7\">DC Women Kicking Ass &#8211; And more on the no pants\/pants<\/a> &#8211; DC changes its mind! Maybe! Again! Perhaps!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/6GEqhAMCnJ4\/\">Fox \u2018Expert\u2019 Blasts Expanding Access To Birth Control: \u2018Are We Going To Do Pedicures And Manicures As Well?\u2019 | ThinkProgress<\/a> &#8211; The stupid! It BURNS!  (Because, yes, &#8220;birth control, breast pumps, counseling for abuse&#8221; are all as frivolous and unnecessary as &#8220;pedicures and manicures.&#8221; Dolt.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/WhiQ0RERfsI\/time-to-stop-gop-obstruction-of-judicial-nominees\">Time to Stop GOP Obstruction of Judicial Nominees | People For the American Way<\/a> &#8211; GOP obstructionism of judges?  That is SO last quarter.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/BO4oJkvQ084\/the-newest-way-to-crap-your-pants-in-terror\">The Newest Way To Crap Your Pants In Terror [Rollercoasters]<\/a> &#8211; I suspect (based on analogous experiences) that my fear would be less of my falling but of having my glasses come off and fall.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/z-p9azeHbyo\/afghanistans-romeo-and-juliet.html\">Afghanistan\u2019s Romeo and Juliet<\/a> &#8211; Barbarians.  That is, perhaps, a culturally insensitive term to use, but it&#8217;s the mildest word I can muster up at the moment.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/vy9FHT8HI6M\/doctors-hot-dogs-are-as-bad-as-cigarettes\">Doctors: Hot Dogs Are as Bad as Cigarettes [Food]<\/a> &#8211; I suspect if you ate hot dogs like some people smoked cigarettes, they might be as bad.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/ON_LvPS0IHI\/how-to-deal-with-a-crazy-boss\">How to Deal with Your Crazy Boss [Managing The Boss]<\/a> &#8211; Document, keep your distance, update your resume.  Yup, pretty much.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/BzIGmOpgZHo\/\">Scenes From Surrendered Homes<\/a> &#8211; Sad.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/J0r9YV7PG84\/Obama_admin_asserts_state_secrets_privilege_to_dismiss_Muslims_suit.html\">Obama admin asserts state secrets privilege to dismiss Muslims&#8217; suit &#8211; Josh Gerstein &#8211; POLITICO.com<\/a> &#8211; Ah, state secrets &#8212; is there any abuse you can&#8217;t cover up?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/XU4lnQ-iMPc\/20110722-comparing-deficit-reduction-plans.html\">How the Debt Plan Would Work &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a> &#8211; A nicely put together flow chart.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230;. Mom Fined $535 After Daughter Saves Woodpecker &#8211; Yet more Zero Tolerance stupidity. GOP To FAA: Drop Dead &#8211; Dolts. Christmas decoration: admin Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Prohibit Pharmacists From Refusing To Fill Birth Control For Religious Or Moral &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/02\/unblogged-bits-tue-2-aug-11-1130.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits (Tue.  2-Aug-11 1130)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}